Sony Attempts to Shut Down Twitter Accounts Over Hacked Info

Sony Picture’s attorney, David Boies, is planning to sue Twitter for the spread of their stolen information.

In an attempt to stop the continuous circulation of hacked emails and other private documents on social media, Boies has issued a letter to Twitter requesting the deletion of any guilty accounts.

“SPE does not consent to Twitter’s or any Twitter account-holder’s possession, review, copying, dissemination, publication, uploading, downloading, or making any use of the Stolen Information, and . . . request[s] your cooperation in suspending the Account Holder’s Twitter account and the account of any other user seeking to disseminate the Stolen Information via Twitter,” the letter said.

If hacked information is found, the social network will be held responsible for “any damage or loss arising from such use or dissemination by Twitter.”

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The question is, however, is this even possible. Millions of stolen documents, images, memes, text conversations, etc are shared and retweeted on Twitter. So, depending on who put the hacked emails on Twitter first, is it legal to delete ALL other accounts that has retweeted the original tweet? If so, that means that thousands or millions of users could lose their Twitter account. We’re sure that’s the last thing Twitter wants, is to lose account holders.

It’s going to be interesting to see how this potential lawsuit plays out.